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Debate ClubFeb. 2014A review of The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval LevinThe New CriterionPDF version
Heritage of LibertyMay 12, 2013A review of Leading the Way: The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation by Lee EdwardsThe Wall Street JournalPDF version
The Constitution and GlobalizationAug./Sept. 2012A review of Taming Globalization: International Law, the US Constitution, and the New World Order by Julian Ku and John YooPolicy ReviewPDF version
Reconsidering the Arab SpringApr./May 2012A review of The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East by Kenneth M. Pollack (et al.)Policy ReviewPDF version
Shawcross on TerrorFeb./Mar. 2012A review of Justice and the Enemy: From the Nuremberg Trials to Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, by William ShawcrossPolicy ReviewPDF version
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Religion in AmericaOct./Nov. 2011A review of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by Robert D. Putnam and David E. CampbellPolicy ReviewPDF version
God and Man and PoliticsJuly 4, 2011A review of The City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era by Michael Gerson and Peter WehnerThe Weekly StandardPDF version
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The Goldstone MessApr./May. 2011A review of The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict, edited by Adam Horowitz, Lizzy Ratner and Philip WeissPolicy ReviewPDF version
Thinking About TortureFeb./Mar. 2011A review of Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy, and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror by Charles Fried and Gregory FriedPolicy ReviewPDF version
One State?Winter 2011A review of What is a Palestinian State Worth? by Sari NusseibehThe Jewish Review of BooksPDF version
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Alive and WellDec. 28, 2009A review of Reappraising the Right: The Past and Future of American Conservatism by George H. NashThe Weekly StandardPDF version
Reagan's Candid WayOct./Nov. 2009A review of The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution 1980-1989 by Steven F. HaywardPolicy ReviewPDF version
God and John RawlsJune/July 2009A review of A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith by John Rawls, edited by Thomas NagelPolicy ReviewPDF version
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Towering IvoriesNov. 3, 2008A review of Save the World on Your Own Time by Stanley FishThe Weekly StandardPDF version
Bookends: 11/9 and 9/11Fall 2008A review of America Between the Wars‚ From 11/9 to 9/11: The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the War on Terror by Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier, and The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert KaganWorld AffairsPDF version
PeacelessAug./Sept. 2008A review of The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace by Aaron David MillerPolicy ReviewPDF version
On TolerationMar./Apr. 2008A review of Pernicious Tolerance: How Teaching to 'Accept Differences' Undermines Civil Society by Robert Weissberg, and Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Identity and Empire by Wendy BrownThe American InterestPDF version
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Democracy at HomeOct. 22, 2007A review of Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government by Michael MandelbaumThe Weekly StandardPDF version
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American CreedJuly 15, 2007A review of Americanism: The Fourth Great American Religion by David GelernterThe New York PostPDF version
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Politicizing ReasonOct./Nov. 2004A review of Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America by Robert ReichPolicy ReviewPDF version
Tabloid ScholarshipOct. 3, 2004A review of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire by Anne NortonThe New York PostPDF version
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The Pathos of the Kass ReportOct./Nov. 2002A review of Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry, a report by the President's Council on Bioethicspp. 71-78Policy ReviewPDF version
Beyond Good and EvilAug. 18, 2002A review of Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography by Rüdiger Safranski, trans. Shelley Frisch, and Zarathustra's Secret: The Interior Life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Joachim Köhler, translated by Ronald Taylorp. BW15The Washington PostPDF version
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Reckless Disregard, IIJuly 20, 2001A review of The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose our President by Vincent BugliosiNational Review (online exclusive)PDF version
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Other People's MothersJan. 10, 2000A review of A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution and Cooperation by Peter Singer, and Practical Ethics (2nd edition) by Peter Singerpp. 27-37The New RepublicPDF version
Reduction and BetrayalAug. 23, 1999A review of The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory by Richard A. Posnerpp. 38-45The New RepublicPDF version
The Pearl DiverJune 14, 1999A review of The Attack of the Blob: Hannah Arendt's Concept of the Social by Hanna Fenichel Pitkinpp. 44-52The New RepublicPDF version
Fear and ThinkingJuly 13, 1998A review of Political Thought and Political Thinkers by Judith N. Shklar, edited by Stanley Hoffmann; and Redeeming Political Thought by Judith N. Shklar, edited by Stanley Hoffmann and Dennis F. Thompsonpp. 34-39The New RepublicPDF version
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Liberalism Strikes BackDec. 15, 1997A review of The Era of the Individual: A Contribution to a History of Subjectivity by Alain Renaut, translated by M.B. DeBevoise and Franklin Philippp. 32-37The New RepublicPDF version
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Beyond PanglossApr. 7, 1997A review of Leibniz' Universal Jurisprudence: Justice as Charity of the Wise by Patrick Rileypp. 38-41The New RepublicPDF version
The Religion of DemocracyWinter 1996A review of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism by Alan Ryanpp. 133-139The Public InterestPDF version
Communitarian Criticisms and Liberal LessonsFall 1995A review of Communitarianism and Its Critics by Daniel A. Bell, Looking Backward by Derek Phillips, and Liberals and Communitarians by Stephen Mulhall and Adam Swiftpp. 54-64The Responsive CommunityPDF version
Rediscovering LiberalismMar. 1995A review of An Intellectual History of Liberalism by Pierre Manentpp. 12, 14The Boston Book ReviewPDF version
Liberal ZealotryMarch 1994A review of The Anatomy of Antiliberalism by Stephen Holmes103, pp. 1363-1382Yale Law JournalPDF version
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The Correspondence of I and ThouNov. 20, 1992A review of The Letters of Martin Buber, edited by Nahum N. Glatzer and Paul Mendes-Flohr, translated by Richard and Clara Winston and Harry Zohnpp. 9, 11The ForwardPDF version
Book ReviewNov. 1991A review of Nietzsche and the Politics of Aristocratic Radicalism by Bruce Detwilerpp. 683-687Political TheoryPDF version
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